[squeak-dev] Computer on a stick
K. K. Subramaniam
subbukk at gmail.com
Tue Aug 4 03:03:10 UTC 2009
On Tuesday 04 Aug 2009 4:07:00 am Gary Dunn wrote:
> The difference between your concept and mine is that an OSP slate will have
> a display and pen interface. It too can be expanded using USB keyboard and
> mouse, and large monitor.
I was trying to project into the future (i.e. what is possible) rather than
extend from the past. Console technology (display, keypad, pointer) have
stabilized to a level that is acceptable to the masses - like a steering wheel
in a car. Processors, Memory and Connectivitiy (wifi, wibro, bluetooth), the
latent elves, continue to evolve rapidly and will take some more years to
stabilize. They don't hold consumer data. So it makes sense to factor these
out into a pluggable cartridge.
Notice that it is lot easier to get 16 people with pluggable consoles to
complete a task than to write software to get a 16-core CPU to do the same.
Subbu
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